# λήγω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* λάγω (lágō) — Doric

### Etymology

From the root of λᾰγᾰρός (lăgărós), Latin laxus, etc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛ̌ː.ɡɔː/ → /ˈli.ɣo/ → /ˈli.ɣo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /lɛ̌ː.ɡɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈle̝.ɡo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈli.ɣo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈli.ɣo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈli.ɣo/

### Verb

λήγω • (lḗgō)
* (transitive) stay, abate
** construed with the genitive
* (more frequently intransitive) leave off, cease
** construed with the genitive
** construed with the dative
** construed with participles
** construed with prepositions
* (grammar, of a word) terminate
** construed with prepositions
** construed with the dative
* follow logically
* (of months) Synonym of φθίνω (phthínō)

#### Derived terms

* ἀπολήγω (apolḗgō)
* ἐκλήγω (eklḗgō)
* ἐλλήγω (ellḗgō)
* ἐπιλήγω (epilḗgō)
* καταλήγω (katalḗgō)
* λῆγον (lêgon)
* μεταλήγω (metalḗgō)
* παραλήγω (paralḗgō)
* συλλήγω (sullḗgō)
* ὑπολήγω (hupolḗgō)

#### Related terms

* ἄληκτος (álēktos)
* ληκτήριος (lēktḗrios)
* ληκτικός (lēktikós)
* λῆξις (lêxis)

#### References

* “λήγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “λήγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “λήγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* λήγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* λήγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “λήγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* “λήγω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.ɣo/
* Hyphenation: λή‧γω
* Homophone: λίγο (lígo)

### Verb

λήγω • (lígo) (past έληξα, passive —, ppp ληγμένος)
* to terminate, end, expire
    Ο αγώνας έληξε ισόπαλος.O agónas élixe isópalos.The match ended in a draw.
    Μη την πιεις αυτή την μπίρα, έχει λήξει.Mi tin pieis aftí tin bíra, échei líxei.Do not drink this beer, it has expired.
* (grammar) to end
    Τα ρήματα που λήγουν σε -ίζω γράφονται με γιώτα.Ta rímata pou lígoun se -ízo gráfontai me gióta.Verbs ending in -ízo are written with an iota.

#### Related terms

* αληγής (aligís)
* άληκτος (áliktos, “unexpired”)
* απολήγω (apolígo)
* καταλήγω (katalígo) (and related words)
* ληγμένος (ligménos, “expired”, passive perfect participle)
* λήγουσα f (lígousa, “ultima, last styllable”)
* λήγων (lígon, active present participle), λήγουσα (lígousa), λήγον (lígon)
* ληκτικός (liktikós)
* λήξας (líxas, “who ended”, active past participle), λήξασα (líxasa), λήξαν (líxan)
* λήξη f (líxi) (and compounds)
* ληξίαρχος m (lixíarchos)
* παραλήγουσα f (paralígousa, “penultima, second syllable from the end”)
* προπαραλήγουσα f (proparalígousa, “antepenultima, third syllable from the end”)

### Further reading

* λήγω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language